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Happy Spring to
everyone!
After a
less-than-average snowfall here in the Northeast it seems Mother Nature
has made up for some lost time with a few late season snow storms.
We would like to welcome a number of "new" alumni that have
been added to our list this month. Anita has been aggressively
searching for and contacting a number of you, and has come back
with many positive comments from all of you. This leads us to our
first topic - Lost Alumni.
Lost Alumni
A new tab
has been added to the website ( www.geocities.com/Onteora79) to identify a number
of classmates that we've lost touch with and for whom we don't have a
current mail or email address. If you happen to know the
whereabouts of any of these folks please let us know. We really
want to make sure that as many people know about the reunion as
possible.
Support for the Reunion
Many thanks
to the following individuals that have generously provided us with
funding to help support the planning of the reunion:
Carol
Barlow-Desmond
Patty Fineran-White
Peter Humphries
Marilyn Nussbaum-Van Fleet
Gil Proper
Michael Thiim
Ken White
For those of you that would like to make contributions they can be made
payable to:
Onteora Reunion 79
c/o Anita Soovajian-Reynolds
181 Clifton Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401
Reunion Sponsors
This month we're pleased to welcome two new sponsors of our program:
ACS Express Racing - Class affiliation, Peter
Humphries
Atent & Associates -
Providing data entry, statistics, and web
surveys for over 13 years. Class affiliation, Anna Maria Busciglio-Tentnowski
Affordable
sponsorship opportunities still exist - for more information on
the benefits of sponsorship contact Dave Shultis
at either 1-877-797-6767 x1136 or 508-241-6002, or email [email protected].
Saturday
Night Focus
New World Home Cooking in Saugerties will be the
host of our Saturday evening dinner party, where we want you to
sit back and have a relaxed meal, some great dinner conversation,
and a perfect ending to a nice summer weekend.
Additional information on the cost of this event will be provided in
the April/May timeframe.
Personal Web Pages
What better way is there to keep each other updated on your current
life than to share information via your own personal website.
One simple way is to check out Geocities from Yahoo ( http://geocities.yahoo.com/). A simple page
can be assembled in minutes at no additional cost. Other
providers offer similar services.
Alternatively, if you have digital photos that you'd like to share send
them to Randy, and he'll create a spot on the reunion website to post
them.
Flashback -
this month in history - courtesy of www.thehistoryplace.com
10 years ago
this month
- March
12, 1994 - The Church of England ordained 32 women as its
first female priests. In protest, 700 male clergy members and thousands
of church members left the church and joined the Roman Catholic Church
which does not allow women priests.
15
years ago - March 24, 1989 - The largest oil spill in U.S. History
occurred as the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince
William Sound off Alaska, resulting in 11 million gallons of oil
leaking into the natural habitat over a stretch of 45 miles.
25 years ago - March 28, 1979 - Near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Three Mile Island nuclear power
plant accident occurred in which uranium in the reactor core overheated
due to the failure of a cooling valve. A pressure relief valve then
stuck causing the water level to plummet, threatening a catastrophic
nuclear meltdown. The accident resulted in the release of radioactive
steam into the atmosphere, and created a storm of controversy over the
necessity and safety of nuclear power plants.
Until next time...
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